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Committee reviews testing contracts, RFPs and budget after months of pandemic scaling
Summary
At a compressed Oct. 22 hearing, DPH outlined testing priorities, site types and contracting history, reported roughly $58.9 million budgeted for testing in FY21 (about $17M spent since July), and described an RFP process to replace emergency contracts; public commenters raised transparency concerns about contracting and payment timing.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee heard an overview Oct. 22 of San Francisco’s COVID‑19 testing strategy, third‑party contracts and budgetary approach as the city shifted from emergency ad hoc contracts to a competitive procurement.
DPH officials described a testing portfolio that includes fixed high‑volume City Test sites, clinical safety‑net sites, contracted mobile pop‑ups and a state asset deployed in the Southeast quadrant. DPH reported the city runs roughly 31 testing…
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